Seating chart for Heat-Pelicans exhibition released

Miami Heat forward LeBron James drives past New Orleans Pelicans forward Al-Farouq Aminu during the second half of a March 22 game at the Smoothie King Center.(Photo: Derick E. Hingle Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports)

Ticket details are known now for the Oct. 4 NBA exhibition game between the NBA's Miami Heat and New Orleans Pelicans at the KFC Yum! Center.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. April 19 at the Yum! Center box office, via Ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000.

"Like anything else, we want to sell it out," said Robbie Valentine, Director of Premium Services for AEG Facilities, which operates the Yum! Center. "…I feel like this is going to be very, very big for Kentuckiana. Right now the buzz on social media is unbelievable. It's really, really, unbelievable."

The Pelicans played the Washington Wizards last preseason at Rupp Arena, marking the NBA's first trip to Lexington since 2000. The game drew an announced attendance of 14,980.

The arena will release any future details about October's game on its website, kfcyumcenter.com, or through an event-specific Twitter handle, @NBAatYum. For instance, the account last Thursday linked to its e-newsletter, saying through it fans can get presale tickets to the NBA exhibition.

Jonathan Lintner can be reached at (502) 582-4199; follow him on Twitter @JonathanLintner.